those first two nights
we stayed up until 4am
just talking
her, more than me
her, because I had run out hours before
here, in a hotel room
five stories above the plaza
overlooking the beach, the ocean,
two fronts of apartments, a marina
susan, a mezzo
who sang like an angel
who sand like the devil was
barking at her toes
selfless as a New Yorker
how's this for a lost and found poem:
once I shackle myself to a job,
I lose all sense of freedom
and gain shackles hackles
a quest for the end
paychecks like Chinese water torture
o I wish it would rain
pennies from heaven or maybe dimes
as nickels are too heavy and
quarters would kill me
dollar bills would float away
ah susan
you jewish spiritualist
confused child of Zion!
come this way
and I will show you
what it means to
uncover your spirit guide